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Duplicate of Othello literary devices
Duplicate of Othello literary devices
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Identify the types of literary devices within the play.
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Which is an example of dramatic irony
Othello is a powerful warrior but is undone by love
If the war hadn't been averted, Othello would have survived
Othello thinks Cassion is talking about Desdemona,not Bianca
Iago tells Roderigo it's okay to drown kittens.
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Dramatic Irony is when...
The language employed means one thing but states another
The audience or reader knows something the characters do not
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[Desi’s] name, that was as fresh as Diana’s visage, is now begrimed and black as mine own face.
Imagery
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
4
What is the symbol of the handkerchief when it was first introduced?
love
Loyalty
Hatred
Betrayal
5
the general so likes your music that he desire you... to make no more noise with it.
Hyperbole
Comic relief
Imagery
Simile
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Iago says to Othello, “My lord, you know I love you.”
Verbal Irony
Soliloquy
Dramatic irony
Simile
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Name two language features in this quote....'Monstrous! Monstrous!'
Sibilance
Simile
Repetition
Exclamatory language
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Iago makes an analogy between
Othello and uncivilized Moors
Roderigo and a lovesick fool
Cassio and knee crooking knave
Himself and a spider
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Cassio and Iago express antithetical views about
All of the above
How much fun it is to get drunk
Reputation
Othello
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Othello's handkerchief has what pattern on it...
Polka Dots
Flowers
Strawberries
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
11
The denotation of cistern is
a source of pestilence
a disgusting, scum-filled pool
a water tank
a foul place for toads to breed
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O, that Cassio had forty thousand lives! One is too poor, too weak for my revenge!
Imagery
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
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[Men] are all but stomachs, and we but food; to eat us hungerly, and when full, they belch us.
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
Personification
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Emilia saying she doesn’t know where the handkerchief is
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
Imagery
Soliloquy
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The image of justice with its blindfold, sword and scale is
Euphemistic
Ambiguous
Antithesis
Allegorical
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Shakespeare leaves which of the following ambiguous?
Whether Desdemona loved Othello
Brabantio's feelings about his daughter's marriage
Othello's abilities as a commander
Iago's true motives
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If she lost the hankie...her husband’s eye should hold her loathed, and he should hunt new love
Foreshadowing
Comic relief
Hyperbole
Simile
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Othello’s long speech beginning, “This fellow’s of exceeding honesty,”
Verbal Irony
Soliloquy
Dramatic art
Imagery
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What was the main them/idea of the play?
Trust no one
Always trust your friends
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
Love is not the best thing in life
20
Which of the following is a euphemism for killing Desdemona?
Put out the light
Smothering
Foul murder
Oh villain!
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Arise, black vengeance, from the hollow hell.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Imagery
22
Which of the following is
not
a motif?
Jealousy
Trust
Betrayal
Lying
23
Which of the following words has the most negative connotation?
Trusting
Innocent
Naive
Unspoiled
24
Which of the following is an example of an apostrophe?
Oh mistress, villainy had made mocks with love
I have laid those sheet you bade me on the bed
The world's a huge thing
Who can control his fate?
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Which of the following similes is a cliche?
When he looked into her eyes it was like watching a movie
His hair flowed like water
His eye were like deep pools in which she could get lost
Her eyes were like huge, peeled grapes
26
When Othello refers to the story of Prometheus, he is making an
Apostrophe
Allusion
Terrible mistake
Conjecture
27
Which of these lines is most cacophonous
So sweet was ne'er so fatal
The lethargy must have his quiet course
This heavy act with heavy heart relate
Where a malignant and turbaned turk
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Jealousy...is the green eyed monster
Metaphor
Personification
Imagery
Simile